Controlled biomineralization of magnetite (Fe3O4) by Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 333-336

  Moisescu, Cristina ^a   Bonneville, S ^b   Tobler, D ^b   Ardelean, I ^a   Benning, L G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETITE; PARTICLE SIZE;

BACTERIAL MAGNETOSOMES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY MICROANALYSIS; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SINGLE MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MAGNETITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 57249108601     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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